The usage of the software as a service (SaaS) platform is said to have generated seven-figure cost savings for the company over 12 months.

Developed over an 18-month period, eviFile can capture, manage and share digital data using smartphones and tablets.

It is designed in accordance with the principles detailed by the Home Office in The Association of Chief Police Officers’ (ACPO) digital evidence guidelines.

All field operatives can use their device cameras and GPS capabilities to record inspection information, which is securely captured with time, date, geographical location, user and device orientation.

Data captured by the platform can be used as evidence in case of legal disputes.

Balfour Beatty used the platform on the overhead line electrification project of a 65km rail track between Bristol and Cardiff. The work is a part of the Network Rail’s £5.58bn Great Western route modernisation programme.

“We see mobile site-based technologies as a key way to gather richer data, faster and more cost efficiently.”